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Greyhound started an airline?
Amish on vacay?
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I've heard of "all you can eat" but society now seems to view this as "all you can carry" -- bring a duffel bag and just carry the whole buffet out with you.
We used to live in an actual society. It meant something.
Was it them again Yogi?
Got all the earmarks of ratchet behavior
It’s our strength
“Stories are going viral about passengers raiding complimentary buffets in lounges, and children wreaking havoc while distracted parents are unfazed.”
…all wearing MAGA hats I presume
Thank you self-esteem and moral-relativism culture.
They sound like beached cruise ships at this point.
We need to bring back public shaming. Pillories...Footstocks... Schandmantelen...
About 40 years ago as a bachelor that was flying a lot I obtained lifetime lounge access that are valid today for AA and Delta, the lounges have become crowded in that time. I accessed the main Skyclub at DTW a few years ago and it was packed. It was difficult to find 2 seats together.
To make things worse I needed to make some changes to my flight but the attendants said they didn’t support that anymore and I’d have to call 800 number. Having top notch support at those clubs was a great help.
And they’ve changed the rules with things like you can only access the lounges within 2 hours of a flight and/or can only access if you’re booked on that airline.
“... “The mores and norms associated with [airport lounges] have changed, and that stands out especially to those whose expectations are built on an earlier era,” Leff said....”
In undiplomatic speech: there are a lot of trashy people flying these days.
The elites in our society long ago moved from “first class” airline travel to private jets. They live in private, secure and gated communities. They vacation on private islands and stay restricted access private hotels. Their lives are completely insulated from the people displaying uncivilized behavior they demand we live with and accept as normal.
Calls to take the wealth of the billionaires are becoming more appealing to the long suffering middle class as the middle class becomes more aware thanks to the internet. In many ways the behavior of the elites is as appalling as the behavior of the worst Spirit Airlines passenger. After all, Carnival Cruise Line never stopped at Epstein’s island.
The decline of human behavior once they are assured of access to anything really suggests a pattern. You see it in education, you see it in theaters, on cruises, now you see it at the airport: too much democracy really does lead to destruction. Humans destroy anything they have too easy access to. Only when something is a privilege they have to struggle for do they treat it with any respect. I suppose that’s not a news flash, but watching it in real time really brings it home.
Since everything revolves around race now, shouldn’t the racial makeup of these hooligans be a major factor of the story? How many were White and how many were Non White? Were there any Americans?
Slobs should need a permit to be around normal people and a warning where they will be and when.
Relax it’s just NYC , their new Mayor is quickly moving them back to the Stone-age
Alaska Lounge last flight, a couple with kids, that were ill mannered as we’re the parents leaving a mess everywhere. I’m definitely for making lounges 25 and older 🤣